"^74 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Eriospermum. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; frequent in swamps, Welwitsch, 

 2761 ! 3763 ! 



13. E. Kirkii, Baker in Joum. Linn. Soc. xv. 267. Tuber 

 globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 2 to a tuber, contemporary with the 

 flowers, distinctly petiolate, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, moderately 

 firm, glabrous, 5-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad at the middle. Peduncle 

 slender, 6-9 in. long. Ilaceme moderately dense, 2-4 in. long; pedicels 

 ascending, the lower J-1 in. long ; bracts ovate -lanceolate, white, with 

 a brown keel. Perianth \ in. long; segments linear-oblong, white,, 

 with a distinct brown keel. Stamens half as long as the perianth; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers subglobose, minute. Capsule J in. long ; 

 valves obovate, reflexing. 



Mozaxnb. Blst. Portuguese East Africa : on the Lower Zambesi ; between 

 Lupata and Sena, Kirk ! and Shupanga, Kirk ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; 

 Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 65 ! between Blantyre and Matope, Scott ! 



Var. brevifolium, Baker. Tube small. Leaves shorter and more coriaceous, 3 in. 

 long by half as broad. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 

 195 ! 



14. E. Currori, Raker. Tuber not seen. Leaf solitary, contem- 

 porary with the flowers, cordate-ovate, obtusely cuspidate, subcoriaceouSy 

 glabrous, under 1 in. long; petiole clasping the base of the peduncle. 

 Peduncle very short. Racepae dense, J-f in. long ; pedicels erecto- 

 patent, the lower J- J in. long ; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth oblong- 

 cylindrical, \ in. long; segments linear-oblong, pinkish-white with a 

 broad brown keel. Stamens half as long as the perianth. Style as long 

 as the globose ovary. — Scilla Currori, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 

 249. 



ZiO^er Guinea. Angola : without precise locality, Curror, 26 ! 



15. E. somalense, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 416. Tuber 

 not seen. Leaf solitary, contemporary with the scape, broadly ovate, 

 cordate at the base, chartaceous, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, nearly 3 in. 

 broad. Peduncle above 2 in. long. Raceme 3-4 in. long ; lower 

 pedicels spreading, i in. long. Flowers not seen. 



irile I.and. Somaliland : Abdallah, Keller, 172. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



16. E. roseiun, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 38. Tuber 

 globose ; skin rose-red. Leaf solitary, contemporary with the flowers, 

 cordate-suborbicular, cuspidate, glabrous, 2-3 in. long. Peduncle as 

 long as the leaf. Raceme lax, many-flowered, l-|-4 in. long ; pedicels 

 patent, i-J in. long ; bracts deltoid. Perianth campanulate, | in. 

 long ; segments oblong, obtuse, with a broad rose-red keel. Stamens 

 half as long as the perianth : filaments lanceolate. 



ZiOwer Guinea. Hereroland : Kaoko, between the Koiami and Onanis Rivers, 

 Belck, 22. Great Namaqualand : Rehoboth, Fleck, 888. 

 Also found in Great Namaqualand south of the Tropic. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



